Abstract
Objective: To report a case study of a family enrolled in a Family Health Strategy team from the municipality of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, from the application of family approach tools. Case detail: This is a family with a nuclear structure, composed by the patient TASS index, her husband and 3 children. It has become necessary to perform the family approach because it has an excessive demand for the health service, frequent presentation of nonspecific symptoms, difficulty in controlling chronic diseases, non-adherence to treatment and how they face family problems. It is also emphasized that the family denotes an emotional instability and dissatisfaction with the situation experienced. The tools used to conduct the case were: Genogram, Ecomapa, Life Cycle, FIRO (Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientations), PRACTICE and Family Conference. Conclusion: It was concluded that the study was relevant, since it allowed the knowledge of the family and cooperated to improve the quality of life and health of the same, making them develop autonomy in coping with the problems.